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Control device and controlled device

US8407470B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 2009
Grant dateMar 26, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08C2201/61
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control device being a control device communicating with a controlled device to control the controlled device includes: a first memory to store first authentication information for authenticating the controlled device; a second memory to store second authentication information for making the controlled device authenticate itself; a determination unit to compare third authentication information sent from the controlled device for specifying the controlled device with the first authentication information; a calculator to perform calculation processing on the first authentication information or the third authentication information using the second authentication information to generate a calculated value; a transmitter to transmit, when the determination unit determines that the first authentication information and the third authentication information are the same, the calculated value to the controlled device; and a memory controller to update the first authentication information.

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